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Considering hyperbole has left the building when it comes to this season's Miami Heat, we're not going to go quite this far. Others, however, might: The Heat's two best prospects at point guard currently are playing for their NBA Development League affiliate, the Sioux Falls Skyforce. The debate with Shabazz Napier has been ongoing amid this season's struggles of Norris Cole and Mario Chalmers, and whether Napier, the championship-winning first-round NBA Draft pick out of UConn, should be in the Heat rotation at the moment instead of the D-League. And then there is this: While the Heat were busy defeating LeBron James and the Cleveland Cavaliers on Christmas Day...

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Considering hyperbole has left the building when it comes to this season's Miami Heat, we're not going to go quite this far.
Others, however, might:
The Heat's two best prospects at point guard currently are playing for their NBA Development League...

Q: My concern is the use of Luol Deng. Why did the Heat pay him $10 million and then not feature him in the offense? Even before turning to Dwyane Wade, Deng should be sought out early and often in games. -- Dee, Chicago.
A: I don't think scoring was...

Cleveland point guard Kyrie Irving will not play in the Cavaliers' preseason game Saturday against the Miami Heat in Brazil.Irving sprained his right ankle Tuesday in Cleveland during the team's final practice before leaving for the NBA's Global Games. He...

— The attention and scrutiny remain for new Cleveland Cavaliers Mike Miller and James Jones.
The similarities end there.
Miller and Jones say there is no comparison of their current situation to playing with the Miami Heat in 2010. Jones played with the...

Kyrie Irving missed practice on Thursday and likely will not play Saturday when the Cavs face the Miami Heat in a preseason game in Brazil.Irving injured his right ankle when Anderson Varejao stepped on his foot at practice Tuesday before the team charter...

Q: Why could the Heat not have signed LeBron James and traded him to Cleveland for some future first-round picks, as Cleveland received from Miami four years ago? Was their some type of rule that prevented this, or did the Heat miss out on an...

Q: So Cleveland gets Kevin Love and we get Reggie Williams? We are done here. Nothing left to see. I guess one Williams, in Shawne Williams, is not enough. -- Julio.
A: This is what life is like at the minimum. The Heat's hope clearly is that they...

Q: What does the signing of Shawne Williams say about Udonis Haslem? I think Shawne is more of a power forward than small forward. At the moment, you can't feel too comfortable with what we have on the wing. -- Win.
A: The problem for Udonis is that Erik...

Q: Ira, I know the East is wide open and great games are on our way, but do you think with Kevin Love being added to LeBron James, Kyrie Irving that the Cavaliers would become the biggest force by far in the East? Could Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh...

(As the NBA remains shuttered, only now are the actual losses of games becoming real. To that end, we will offer a look on each scheduled game day of what would have been in play for the Miami Heat had they actually been playing.) The schedule: The Heat were

CLEVELAND (AP) — The Cleveland Cavaliers won't get style points for Sunday's 87-86 win over the Philadelphia 76ers.
And that's just fine with LeBron James.
Moving 21/2 games ahead of Chicago for second place in the Eastern Conference was all that...

The Cleveland Cavaliers' recent dominance carried over to a trouncing of one of the best teams in the Western Conference. The Cavaliers built a 29-point lead in the third quarter, maintained the cushion through the fourth and defeated Memphis 111-89 on...

MEMPHIS, Tenn. The Cavaliers have delivered more messages over the last two months than the postal service. For that reason, no one involved really thought they needed to make another statement Wednesday night against the Memphis Grizzlies. But they...

LeBron James didn't let a nasty head cold stop him from two appointments — seeing his son perform at school and getting the Cavaliers into the playoffs.
James scored 29 points — 13 in the fourth quarter— and Cleveland edged the Indiana Pacers 95-92 on...

CLEVELAND There was a time not long ago when the playoff berth the Cavaliers clinched Friday night would've come with a bigger party and a louder ovation. They already celebrate every victory like a Game 7 championship by dropping confetti and...

LeBron James didn't let a nasty head cold stop him from two appointments — seeing his son perform at school and getting the Cavaliers into the playoffs. James scored 29 points — 13 in the fourth quarter— and Cleveland edged the Indiana Pacers 95-92 on...